The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-24
A KENTUCKY GHOST
PARALYZEs THE COUNTRY PEG
PIE ABOUT RUUKSVILLE.
vigiIant Committees Take Graceless
Flights when the Spirit Makes
Its Appearance.


Flights when the Spirit Makes
Its Appearance.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March PA epe-
cal from Bssrdstown says: A very |
sensational ghost story has been goiug
the rounds in the northern part OF |
this county, which at first was thought |
Il be only The work Of come imsRina'
tive newspaper correspondent, but |
upon investigation the story turns ont |
to be substantially true, and the deeper |
the investigation the more startling
are the facts. Bucksville ia the name
OF postoffice, store and black NTH
shop situated on the extreme north
eastern border OF Logan county
and near TIE Warren line. Among
the farmers in that ntighbor-
hood none is more substantial
than one s. II. Glidewell. His
house, an ordinary two story frame
structure, with an a." is located in
one of the most picturesque spots in
the country. The country In this
neiehborhood is very billy, almost
mountainous, aud his farm lies be-
tween two of the highest and most
rugged of these hills, nesting just un.
der the foot OF one, in thick grove Of
forest trees. There ia nothing I'M
canny or forbidden in the surround
ings, but il seems that a veritable
ghost has taken up his Tor herr abode
there, and persists in remaining, in
spite OF the determined efforts made
to discover and dislodge him. The
people of the neighborhood are ter
tor stricken, as the mystery in
creases and defes all attempts at
solution. The ghost at first confined
itself to up stairs rooms. Here it
would remove chairs from one room
TO another, pull the covering off the
be Is, tear up the carpets, and on one
occasion roaring fire was found burn
ing in room which had not been &C.
cupied for years, and the door to which
was securely locked. Again the fam
lily below were Startled from their
sleep by the Eound OF violin and
dancing in this same room. No one
was bold enough to venture into the
room, but when some one suggested
that one OF them should call in one of
the neighbors the sounds immediately
ceased, and when finally the room was
entered, no evidence of its recent oc-
cupancy could be found, except that
candle which had been left fresh in
brass candlestiek on the mantel-
piece was burned nearly 10 the socket.
On the following night three neighbor
boys yoluntet red to sit up and watch
for his ghostship. Nothing unususl
was heard until an old clock in the
family room struck the hour OF mid
night, when the almost sleeping
watchers were frightened almost out
OF their wits by loud pesls OF laughter,
which seemed to come from closet
under the staircase. At first no one
dared move or speak, but, at last, one,
little drawer than the rest, ventured
to open the closet door, and with
q all w candle held nervously
aloft, peered cautiously inside.
Hardly had he passed the threshold
when suddenly his light was extin
| guished, aud before he could retreat
he was nearly roEned with deluge
of ice cold water from above, accom-
panied by an, ther burst Of merIiment.
The watchers fled in graceless confu-
sion, leaving the family shivering with
terror. Nothing more vas heard that
night, but upon entering the dinir g
room the next mOrniug a skull and
CROSS bones were found upon the
head Of the table, and at each
plate was q email sprig of cedar.
The family could stand it no
longer, and Mt noon moved
to the house of neighbor. While
they were preparing to remove the
household goods from the room down
stairs (the up stairs room not being
touched), the table and chairs sud.
denly began to move as il going
through the figures of a dance, and
when Mr.. Glide wells aon attempted to
take hold of one, he received shock
as II from an electric battery, and an
other peal of laughter sounded in his
eara. However chimerical this may
sound, the half has not been told
The above facts were gathered
from congregations with some o.
the best men in the county,
who live in the neighbor
hood OF Buckaville, and know that
the facts above related sre true. All
that country side is shaken to its very
center end during the day time, so ]
was told by a reliable gentleman
people flock there by scores to look al
the haunted house. Mr.. VIM. GuioD
the Marshal of Auburn, with a posse
OF armed men, undertook to probe the
matter to the bottom, and although
they heard numerous noises, and a
prolonged intervals the wild laughter
they were unable to solve the mys
terry, and returned home worn on
and thoroughly convinced tina
there must be something supernatural
about it. Numerous theories hsvt
been advanced about the matter, bu
all seem equally incorrect. The mos
prevalent belief is that the ghost il
the spirit OF man who was drowned
many years ago in the creek that rum
near the house in which Mr.. Glidewel
lived. Another theory is that thu
ghost of young girl who committed
suicide in that same house In the fal
Of 1859, only short time before Mr.
G idewell moved into it. But tn
m, vatarv remains unRolvad and seem